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Describe how to draw a line that passes through the origin... \r
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document.write( "So start at the origin (0,0).

and has a slope of -2/3.

So since the slope is negative, we go DOWN and since the numerator is 2, we go DOWN 2 units\r\n" );
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document.write( "[Note: We go (UP the numerator when the slope is positive and DOWN when it's negative).]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the denominator is 3, we go right 3.\r\n" );
document.write( "(Always RIGHT for the denominator)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then draw the line through the starting point and through the\r\n" );
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